Sergio Fernandez. Fields: Public Administration, Public Organization Theory, and Public Policy.

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1 Sergio Fernandez Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs SPEA E. Tenth Street Bloomington, Indiana Tel: (812) Fax: (812) Education Ph.D. in Public Administration, University of Georgia, Doctoral Thesis: Explaining Contracting Effectiveness: An Empirical Analysis of Contracting for Services among Local Governments. (Hal G. Rainey, Advisor). Fields: Public Administration, Public Organization Theory, and Public Policy. Master of Public Administration, Florida International University, Bachelor of Arts in International Relations, Florida International University, Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles Fernandez, Sergio, Cho, Yoonjik, and Perry, James L. 2009, forthcoming. Exploring the Link between Integrated Leadership and Public Sector Performance. Leadership Quarterly. Fernandez, Sergio and Moldogaziev, Tima. 2009, forthcoming. Empowering Public Sector Employees to Improve Performance: Does it Work? American Review of Public Administration. Smith, Craig C. and Fernandez, Sergio. 2009, forthcoming. Equity in Federal Contracting: Examining the Link between Minority Representation and Federal Procurement Decisions. Public Administration Review. Fernandez, Sergio and Wise, Lois R. 2009, forthcoming. Exploring Why Public Organizations Ingest Innovations. Public Administration. Pitts, David and Fernandez, Sergio. 2009, forthcoming. How Effective is Public Management Research? An Analysis of Scope and Methodology. International Public Management Journal. Fernandez, Sergio Understanding Contracting Performance: An Empirical Analysis. Administration and Society, 41: Fernandez, Sergio Examining the Effects of Leadership Behavior on Employee Perceptions of Performance and Job Satisfaction. Public Performance and Management Review, 32:

2 Fernandez, Sergio, Ryu, Jay Eungha, and Brudney, Jeffrey L Exploring Variations in Contracting for Services among American Local Governments: Do Politics Still Matter? American Review of Public Administration, 38: Fernandez, Sergio What Works Best When Contracting for Services? An Analysis of Contracting Performance at the Local Level. Public Administration, 85: Fernandez, Sergio and Pitts, David Who are the Change Agents? Modeling Attitude and Behavior about Change among Public Managers. American Review of Public Administration, 37: Fernandez, Sergio, Smith, Craig R., and Wenger, Jeffrey B Employment, Privatization, and Managerial Choice: Does Contracting Out Reduce Public Sector Employment? Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 26: Fernandez, Sergio and Rainey, Hal G Managing Successful Organizational Change in the Public Sector: An Agenda for Research and Practice. Public Administration Review, 26: Fernandez, Sergio and Smith, Craig C Looking for Evidence of Public Employee Opposition to Privatization: An Empirical Study with Implications for Practice. Review of Public Personnel Administration, 26: Fernandez, Sergio Developing and Testing an Integrative Framework of Public Sector Leadership: Evidence from the Public Education Arena. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 15: Brudney, Jeffrey L., Fernandez, Sergio, Ryu, Jay Eungha, and Wright, Deil S Exploring and Explaining Contracting Out: Patterns among the American States. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 15: Fernandez, Sergio and Fabricant, Ross Methodological Pitfalls in Privatization Research: Two Cases from Florida s Child Support Enforcement Program. Public Performance and Management Review, 24: Editor-Reviewed Journal Articles and Book Chapters Rainey, Hal G. and Fernandez, Sergio Response to Commentaries on Managing Successful Organizational Change in the Public Sector: An Agenda for Research and Practice. Public Administration Review, 66: Fernandez, Sergio, Lowman, Carol and Rainey, Hal G Privatization and Its Implications for Human Resource Management. In Riccucci, Norma M. (Ed.). Public Personnel Management: Current Concerns, Future Challenges. Fourth Edition. New York: Longman. Fernandez, Sergio and Rainey, Hal G Local Government Contract Management and Performance: A Report. In International City/County Management Association (ICMA). The Municipal Year Book. ICMA: Washington, DC. 2

3 Rainey, Hal G. and Fernandez, Sergio A Response to Prompting the Transformation of Public Organizations. Public Performance and Management Review, 27: Fernandez, Sergio Interview with Deil S. Wright. State and Local Government Review, 36: Fernandez, Sergio, Lowman, Carol E., and Rainey, Hal G Privatization and Human Resource Management. In Ban, Carolyn and Riccucci, Norma M. (Eds.). Public Personnel Management. Third Edition. New York: Longman. Conference Presentations Fernandez, Sergio. European Union Public Procurement Policy: General Guidelines and Recent Reforms. Paper presented at Center for West European Studies, Indiana University, April Pitts, David, Fernandez, Sergio and Chang, Chaeyoung. Why do Employees Leave the Federal Service? A Model of Turnover Intention. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Boston, Massachusetts, September Fernandez, Sergio and Pitts, David. How do we Motivate Public Employees to Innovate? Paper presented at the Public Management and Performance Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May Fernandez, Sergio and Wise, Lois R. Exploring Why Public Organizations Ingest Innovations. Paper presented at the 9 th National Public Management Research Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October Smith, Craig R. and Fernandez, Sergio. Representative Bureaucracy and Federal Procurement: Examining the Impact of Minority Representation on the Awarding of Contracts to Small Disadvantaged Businesses. Paper presented at the 9 th National Public Management Research Conference, Tucson, Arizona, October Fernandez, Sergio and Pitts, David. Understanding Employee Motivation to Innovate: Evidence from U.S. Federal Agencies. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, August Witesman, Eva and Fernandez, Sergio. The Mysterious Role of Trust: Nonprofits and Local Government Contracting. Paper presented at the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action s Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, November Fernandez, Sergio and Wise, Lois. Adoption of H-1B Visas among Texas Public School Districts: An Empirical Analysis of Organizational Innovation. Paper presented at the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration s Annual Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, October Fernandez, Sergio. Leadership Behavior and its Effects on Performance and Job Satisfaction. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August

4 Fernandez, Sergio and Pitts, David. Under What Conditions do Public Managers Favor and Pursue Organizational Change? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Atlanta, Georgia, August Fernandez, Sergio. What Works Best When Contracting for Services? An Analysis of Contracting Performance at the Local Level. Paper presented at the Public Management and Performance Conference, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May Fernandez, Sergio. What Works Best When Contracting for Services? An Analysis of Contracting Performance at the Local Level. Paper presented at the Procurement and Acquisition Conference, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, May Fernandez, Sergio. Accounting for Performance in Contracting for Services: Are Successful Contractual Relationships Controlled or Managed? Paper presented at the 8 th National Public Management Research Conference in Los Angeles, CA, October Fernandez, Sergio, Smith, Craig, and Wenger, Jeffrey. Employment, Privatization, and Managerial Choice: Does Contracting out Reduce Public Sector Employment? Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C., August Fernandez, Sergio, Brudney, Jeffrey and Ryu, Jay Eungha. Variations in Local Service Delivery: Examining the Effects of State-Level Factors on Local Government Contracting for Services. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C., August Fernandez, Sergio. Developing and Testing an Integrative Framework of Public Sector Managerial Leadership: Evidence From the Public Education Arena. Paper presented at the 7 th National Public Management Research Conference in Washington, D.C., October Brudney, Jeffrey L., Fernandez, Sergio, Ryu, Jay Eungha and Wright, Deil S. Exploring and Explaining Contracting Out: Patterns Among the American States. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August Pavlak, Thomas and Fernandez, Sergio. Expert Knowledge in Policy Making: Sharing Czech and American Experience. Paper presented at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, June Rainey, Hal G. and Fernandez, Sergio. Special Hiring Authorities for Crucial Talent: Critical Pay Authorities in the Internal Revenue Service as Organizational Change. Paper presented at the Paul Van Riper Symposium, Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration in Phoenix, Arizona, March Wong, Sidney, Strube, Jill and Fernandez, Sergio. What Competitive Advantages do Inner Cities Have? The Case of Six Miami Neighborhoods. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning in Atlanta, Georgia, November

5 Work Experience Assistant Professor, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs (August 2004 to present). Teach courses in public management, organization theory and organizational behavior, and contracting for services at the undergraduate, master s, and doctoral levels. Conduct research on privatization and contracting for services, organizational change and innovation, and public sector leadership. Graduate Research Assistant, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia (August 2000 to July 2004). Participated in an evaluation of Georgia s mental health and substance abuse treatment programs. Assisted with the development of the Institute s Peach State Poll and conducted survey research. Researcher, Metropolitan Center, Florida International University (July 1999 to June 2000). Conducted policy research on local economic development, inner-city revitalization, and substance abuse programs. Responsibilities also included data base management, quantitative analysis, and writing technical reports. Contract Administrator, City of Coral Gables (May 1998 to June 1999). Responsibilities included administering city s formal bid process, drafting technical specifications and designing performance measurement systems for all new service contracts, performing contract management duties and vendor performance evaluations, performing price, benefit-cost and trend analyses, and leading cross-functional teams in the development of technical specifications. Operations & Management Consultant, Florida Department of Revenue (July 1997 to May 1998). Responsibilities included performing a program evaluation of privatization initiatives for the Child Support Enforcement (CSE) Program, process mapping statewide enforcement practices, and designing customer satisfaction surveys. Developed manual for CSE s first enforcement practices benchmarking effort, and designed the performance measurement system for the State s New Hire Reporting request for proposal. Research Assistant, Institute of Government, Florida International University (April 1997 to July 1997). Assisted with policy research on local government crime prevention and economic development issues. Responsibilities also included quantitative analysis of U.S. Census data for a US Housing and Urban Development study of the impact of interstate highway construction on inner-city communities. Teaching SPEA, 2004-present V366 Managing Behavior in Public Organizations V502 Public Management V504 Public Organizations V654 Public Program Management and Contracting V672 Public Organization and Management II 5

6 Awards Herbert Kaufman Award (with Craig D. Smith and Jeffrey L. Wenger), American Political Science Association, Graduate Teaching Award, Indiana University, School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Leonard D. White Dissertation Award, American Political Science Association, Best Dissertation Award, Academy of Management, Public and Non-Profit Division, Annual Dissertation Award, National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration, Herbert Kaufman Award (with Jeff L. Brudney, Jay Ryu, and Deil S. Wright), American Political Science Association, Best Doctoral Student Award, Department of Public Administration, University of Georgia, Graduate Research Assistantship, Carl Vinson Institute of Government, University of Georgia, 2000 to Undergraduate Scholarship, Florida International University, 1989 to Research and Consulting Grants Government Performance Project, The Pew Center on the States, Pew Charitable Trusts. GPP Purchasing and Contracting Reform Initiative. Awarded July Amount: $22,000. United States Forrest Service. Formalization of the NEPA Process. Awarded September Amount: $35,000. Indiana University European Union s Center for Excellence. Design and Implementation of EU Public Procurement Policy. Awarded July Amount $7,000. Service SPEA Committee Activities Faculty Search Committee, Governance and Management, Bloomington Campus, 2009 to present. Undergraduate Public Management Curriculum Committee, 2008 to present. Faculty Search Committee, Governance and Management Position, Bloomington Campus, 2008 to

7 Faculty Search Committee, Public Management Position, IUPUI Campus, Bonser Lecture Selection Committee, Master of Public Affairs Admissions Committee, 2005 to present. Ph.D. in Public Affairs Program Committee, 2005 to present. Teaching Awards Committee, Staff Awards Committee, Doctoral Program Review Committee, 2004 to Student Service Activities Comprehensive Exam Committees: Chris Silvia, Martin Lubby, Neal Buckwalter, Fred Wanjera, Trent Engber, Sam Stone, Owen Witesman, Tima Moldogaziev, Mike Shaver, Eva Witesman, Stephanie Moulton, Alexei Kopalkov, Shane Nordyke, Tuty Herlina, Julieta Benitez, Helen Liu, Milena Neshkova, Suk-Tae Hwang, Doga Kayalar. Doctoral Student Advisory Committees: Jacob Broder-Bir, Owen Witesman, Tima Moldogaziev, Martin Lubby, Neal Buckwalter, Kathryn Shea, Chris Silvia, Helen Liu, Eva Witesman, Stephanie Moulton, Shane Nordyke, Neal Buckwalter, Aleksei Kopalkov, Helen-Grace Ryan, Suk-Tae Hwang, Deborah Shneck, Temirlan Moldogaziev, Dina Sharipova, and Brett Seidle. Doctoral Dissertation Committees: Stephanie Moulton (dissertation defended in 2008), Suk-Tae Hwang (dissertation defended in 2008), and Christian Freitag (dissertation in progress). Professional Service Activities Member of the Best Dissertation Award Committee, National Association of School of Public Affairs and Administration, Chair of the Herbert Kaufman Award Committee, Public Administration Section, American Political Science Association, Member of the Executive Committee of the Public Administration Section, American Political Science Association, 2007 to present. Member of the Academic Network, Alliance for Innovation, Arizona State University, 2007 to present. Speaker, Doctoral Student Colloquium, Academy of Management Annual Meeting, Atlanta Georgia, Reviewer for Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration and Society, Public Administration, American Review of Public Administration, Review of Public Personnel 7

8 Administration, International Public Management Journal, and State and Local Government Review. Public Service Activities Consultant, The Pew Center on the States, Pew Charitable Trusts, 2009 to present. Offering professional advice to the Government Performance Project staff on how to design and implement an analysis of state procurement systems in the United States. Consultant, United States Forrest Service, 2008 to present. Offering professional advice to the agency on how formalization/standardization and other mechanisms can be used to improve the coordination of tasks relating to the implementation of the National Environmental Policy Act. Speaker, Mini University, Indiana University, Gave lecture on issues relating to government outsourcing. Interviewee, Bloomington Herald Times, Gave an interview regarding published research on privatization and its effects on public sector employment. Material from the interview appeared in a newspaper article. Interviewee, WGCL AM 1370 Radio Station, Gave an interview regarding published research on privatization and its effects on public sector employment. Material from the interview appeared in a station broadcast. Speaker, IUPUI gathering of visiting Kazakh public officials, Gave a talk on public sector organizational performance before a group of visiting public officials from the Kazakh national government. Speaker, Indiana Association of Public Health Physicians, Gave a talk on the principles of effective public management before the members of the association during their annual meeting. Professional Associations Public Management Research Association American Political Science Association American Society for Public Administration Academy of Management Alliance for Innovation 8